ISC Daily News Summary

The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) has admitted that the rush to find a company to run Sats tests in 2009 means there is 'no guarantee' that next year's results will be delivered on time. The admission was made in series of letters between the QCA and Children's Secretary Ed Balls.

Sats fiasco: Ed Balls warned of further delays (Daily Telegraph)
Examiners refuse to rule out Sats results delays (Independent)
Sats farce 'could be repeated' (Daily Mirror)
'No guarantee' over Sats delivery (BBC News Online)

A pair of teachers who labelled an eight-year-old pupil a 'chav' on Facebook have been told they can keep their jobs. The two teachers had been sending each other public messages by writing on each others' 'walls'.

Teachers label pupil a 'chav' on Facebook (Daily Telegraph)
Teachers keep their jobs after branding eight-year-old pupil a 'chav' on Facebook (Daily Mail)
Teachers brand girl a chav on Facebook (Sun)

A primary school in Manchester has been teaching its pupils how to blow their noses.

School teaches children how to blow noses (Daily Telegraph)
And today's lesson is: How to use a hankie (Daily Mail)

A mature student was astonished to see his bank statement informing him that he was £100billion overdrawn. The student has been offered £10 in compensation from the bank in question for the phone calls he had to make to resolve the error.

Barclays statement tells student he is £100bn overdrawn (Daily Telegraph)
Student's £100bn overdraft (Daily Mail)
Student's £100bn overdraft shock (BBC News Online)